Jun. 4, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Brooklyn will come alive with color, pride and purpose throughout June, culminating in Brooklyn Pride Day 2025 — a celebration unlike any other in the Northeast. The full-day event will take over Park Slope on Saturday, June 14, with a packed lineup of festivities, including the region’s…
May. 22, 2025 By Matt Tracy As a customer, K. Kerimian always enjoyed visiting bookstores, but when they would ask workers about the whereabouts of the queer section, they started noticing a pattern. “I would be met with, ‘There isn’t one,’ or a catchall of ‘Here is all the marginalized identities,’” said K. Kerimian,…
Feb. 20, 2025 By Carrene Gepilano The Boy Diva is about to take on her biggest opponent, Randy Summers, her ex-boyfriend. On Valentine’s Day, more than 250 people came out to watch pro-wrestling drag queens take to the mat at A Matter of Pride’s Fight Night at Strong Rope Brewery in Red Hook. The…
Jun. 3, 2024 By Jada Camille
GayRidge, South Brooklyn’s premiere queer-celebration group, took over Owl’s Head Park this weekend for their vibrant Pride event.
Mar. 5, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A beloved Bushwick bar is under new management — kind of.
Jun. 29, 2023 By Jada Camille
A group of LGBTQ+ allies protested outside Assembly Member Alec Brook-Krasny’s Bay Ridge office on June 26, a few weeks after the politician made public remarks that left some members of the neighborhood feeling ostracized.
Jun. 21, 2023 By Jada Camille
A vandal defaced queer-affirming artwork painted outside of a southern Brooklyn elected’s office on June 21, marking Bay Ridge’s second anti-LGBTQIA+ incident in the past two months.
Apr. 12, 2023 By Jada Camille
A vandal tore a pride flag down from a Bay Ridge storefront and burned it on the sidewalk, and a local advocacy group is searching for the culprit.